detractors

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Low-cost airlines have plenty of detractors, including United Airlines’

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

I’d spent my youth defending “The Devil Wears Prada” with my life, trying to convince detractors weaponizing the words “chick flick” about its brilliance since the wise, old age of 12.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Cronenberg, who directed “Scanners,” sides with Perry’s detractors.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

“Trance music,” “music with repetitive structures” and “solid state music” all had their day; detractors called it “stuck record music.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Let your detractors watch as you arise anew.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali